Table of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco RF Gateway 10, Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ
Overview of CiscoRF Gateway 10 UEQAM Platform
Compatible Software and Versions
Determining the Software Version
New Hardware Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
New Hardware Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
New Software Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
DEPI QAM Channels per Line Card
Enhancements to Video Configuration Commands:
New Software Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
Table based Video Session Mapping
Generic QAM Interface (GQI) Protocol
Edge Resource Management Interface (ERMI) Protocol
Fan Tray Failure Handling Enhancement
Load Balancing with QAM Partition
New and Changed MIB Information in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
New and Changed MIB Information in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
Cisco DS-384 Line Card with P4080 CPU Revision 3
Cisco RF Gateway 10 Remote Provisioning Utility (RPU-10)
Open Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
Resolved Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
Open Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
Resolved Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco RF Gateway 10, Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ
Last updated: December 11, 2013
This document describes the features and caveats for all releases in the Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ train for the Cisco RF Gateway 10 (RFGW-10) that supports the Cisco RFGW-10 DS-384 line card and the Cisco Supervisor Engine 7-E.
These release notes are updated with each release in the train. This update adds information for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ. For a list of the caveats that apply to this release, see the “Caveats” section.
To download and upgrade to the new ROMMON image for the Cisco RFGW-X45-SUP7-E, see the ROMMON Release Notes for ROMMON Release Notes for Supervisor Engine 7-E on the Cisco RF Gateway 10 at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/release/notes/ROMMOM_RN_RFGW10_SUP7E.html
Cisco recommends that you view the field notices for this release to see if your software or hardware platforms are affected. If you have an account on Cisco.com, you can find field notices at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/support/tsd_products_field_notice_summary.html .
For information on new features and the Cisco IOS documentation set supported on Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ, see the “New and Changed Information” section and the “Related Documentation” section.
Contents
- Overview of Cisco RF Gateway 10 UEQAM Platform
- System Requirements
- New and Changed Information
- Caveats
- Software Supported
- Related Documentation
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
NoteUse theservice internal command on the Cisco RFGW-10 only for system debugging and troubleshooting purposes. This command should not be used in normal operation mode.
Overview of Cisco RF Gateway 10 UEQAM Platform
The Cisco RFGW-10 is a carrier-class Universal Edge QAM (UEQAM) platform that offers concurrent support for standard and high-definition digital broadcast television, Switched Digital Video (SDV), Video on Demand (VoD), and DOCSIS/Modular CMTS services. It is a chassis-based product based on open standards with superior performance, capacity, power consumption, ease of management, and scalability. All components of the Cisco RFGW-10 are designed for high availability, including dual Supervisor and Ethernet switching line cards, 1:N Universal Edge QAM line cards, dual timing, communication and control (TCC) line cards, dual load balancing and load sharing DC PEMs and integrated RF switching modules.
The Cisco RFGW-10 is a centralized switching architecture leveraged from the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches. The Cisco RFGW-10 is a 13-rack unit, modular chassis designed for providing front-to-back airflow and system-level redundancy. All chassis components are hot-swappable and redundant. The chassis supports “wire-once” cabling for RF line cards and an integrated dual-zone RF switch matrix. The Supervisor Engine 7-E provides robust Layer 2 to Layer 4 switching with up to 848 Gbps, and up to 250 Mbps packet throughput
System Requirements
This section describes the system requirements for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ series and includes the following sections:
- Hardware Supported
- Software Supported
- Compatible Software and Versions
- Determining the Software Version
Hardware Supported
Table 1 provides information on the hardware supported on the Cisco RFGW-10 for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ.
NoteThe Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ train does not support Cisco RFGW-X4516-10GE, the Cisco RFGW Supervisor V-10GE.
Software Supported
For more information on ROMMON, see the ROMMON Release Notes for Supervisor Engine 7-E on the Cisco RF Gateway 10 at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/release/notes/ROMMOM_RN_RFGW10_SUP7E.html
Upgrade
Upgrading from Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.2.0SQ to Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ may take up to 20 minutes on each Cisco DS-384 line card.
New and Changed Information
These sections list the new and existing hardware and software features supported by the Cisco RFGW-10:
- New Hardware Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
- New Hardware Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
- New Software Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
- New Software Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
- New and Changed MIB Information in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
- New and Changed MIB Information in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
New Hardware Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
There are no new hardware features for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ.
New Hardware Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
There are no new hardware features for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ.
New Software Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
This section describes the new software features supported in the Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ.
DEPI QAM Channels per Line Card
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ, for DEPI a maximum of 192 QAM channels per line card for Annex A or mixed Annex and a maximum of 256 QAM channels per line card for Annex B are supported.
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 DS-384 Line Card Hardware Installation Guide at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/linecard/ds384/installation/guide/b_ds384_hig.html
DEPI Reconciliation Timeout
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ, the DEPI reconciliation timeout configuration can be changed using the command cable downstream depi-session timeout .
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Software Configuration Guide at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_m-cmts_depi_control_plane.html
Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI
The Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI was enhanced to include Refresh option on some pages and support was added for Terminal Access Controller Access Control System+ (TACACS+) configuration.
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI User Guide at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_gui.html
Enhancements to Video Configuration Commands:
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ, the following enhancements were made to Video commands:
- cable video group: passthru and data keywords were added to the command. The passthru keyword option allows you to add a pass-through session to a QAM interface. The data keyword option allows you to add a data-piping session to a QAM interface.
- cable video ip udp : A UDP port range can be specified in the configuration instead of individual UDP ports. The port variable is used to specify the lower port number in the range and the Max port optional variable added in this release can be used to specify the higher port number of the range. The bitrate keyword is made optional for program and passthru keywords; it is mandatory for the data keyword option.
- asm and ssm commands: The bitrate keyword is made optional.
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Command Reference .
New Software Features in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
This section describes the new software features supported in the Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ.
Video On Demand
RFGW10 allows users to select and watch video content on demand. Video on Demand (VoD) sessions are of unicast CBR SPTSs. Usually, the User-defined Mapping(table based mapping) or Session-based Signaling is used for VoD setup. VoD supports Trick Mode, which provides functionalities like fast forward, rewind, and pause for an MPEG bit stream.
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Software Configuration Guide at the URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
Switched Digital Video
Starting with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ, RFGW10 supports Switched Digital Video (SDV) thereby effectively using the bandwidth. SDV sessions are typically Multicast SPTSs. The Session-based Signaling is required for the SDV sessions.
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Software Configuration Guide at the URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
Table based Video Session Mapping
Video session mapping is the mapping between the input sessions and the output sessions of the Cisco RFGW-10 UEQAM. An input session is identified by a destination IP address and an UDP port for the unicast session, and by a group and source IP address pair for a multicast session. An output session is identified by a QAM ID and a program number. The user-defined mapping is typically used in VoD or Digital Video Broadcast applications. You can specify the mapping using the CLI. This mapping can be used for both unicast and multicast sessions.
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Software Configuration Guide at the URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
Generic QAM Interface (GQI) Protocol
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ, RFGW10 supports GQI Protocol version 2 (GQIv2). GQI is a protocol between RFGW and DNCS/USRM to setup video sessions dynamically.
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Software Configuration Guide at the URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
Edge Resource Management Interface (ERMI) Protocol
RFGW10 supports Cablelabs ERMI specification (CM-SP-ERMI-I03-081107). It supports Edge Resource Management Protocol (ERRP) & Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).
For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Software Configuration Guide at the URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI
Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI is a web-based interface for configuring and managing the Cisco RFGW-10 Universal Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (UEQAM) device. It is an embedded web application residing in the Cisco RFGW-10 UEQAM chassis. The GUI image (RFGW_GUI.tar) is embedded in the Cisco RFGW-10 IOS-XE image and is installed as part of the IOS-XE image installation. There are no configuration steps for installing this application.
For more information on this feature, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI document available at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_gui.html
Encryption of Video Sessions
Video sessions can be encrypted with the PowerKEY function.
PowerKEY is a conditional access system (CAS) that provides a range of services for protection of digital entertainment content, such as linear or broadcast service encryption, session-based encryption for video-on-demand or other on-demand services, and a pay-per-view purchase model including reservation mode and impulse mode.
For more information, see the RFGW-10 Video document at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
Fan Tray Failure Handling Enhancement
The failure of fan controllers is handled by the software in the following condition-action sets:
- If less than 3 fans or fan controller fail, the failure is set as partial failure.
- If more than 2 fans fail, the failure is set as critical error.
For partial failure, an error message is logged in syslog and the show environment and show facility-alarm status commands display the error messages. Errors are logged once in syslog; they are not displayed continuously.
For critical error, an error message is logged in syslog and the Supervisor card starts the four-minute shutdown timer. The Supervisor card shuts down all line cards and the second Supervisor card at the four-minute timeout. The active Supervisor card continues to be operational.
Load Balancing with QAM Partition
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ, the term Load Balance Group (LBG) is used to identify QAM traffic that uses the mid-plane 10GE ports to forward traffic to the QAM carriers. LBGs must be used to reserve the bandwidth and set up video routes.
For more information, see the RFGW-10 Video document at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
RF Spanning (QAM Replication)
The QAM Replication feature allows users to replicate a single QAM output from one port to another port on the same Cisco DS-384 line card from the Supervisor card. The replicated QAM output uses the downstream Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) licensing policy that allows additional downstream outputs using RF Spanning. The RF spanning feature allows replication of existing downstream output to other ports on the same line card. A QAM Replication Group (QRG) contains information about a single source QAM and its corresponding replicated copy or copies. A QRG contains only one pilot and a minimum of one and maximum of seven replicate QAMs. Each group is numbered with an identifier and contains the slot, port and channel number for both the source QAM ( pilot-qam ) and the destination QAM or QAMs ( replicate-qam ).
The following commands were introduced or modified:
For more information on this feature, see the Configuring the Cisco RFGW-10 DS-384 Line Card document available at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/linecard/ds384/configuration/guide/b_ds384_scg.html
Software Licensing
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ, the Cisco RF Gateway 10 supports the PowerKEY and RF SPAN licenses.
The PowerKEY license enables the you to delay investing in QAM encryption until the entire network is ready for deployment. The RF SPAN license is used for replicate QAM channels.
For more information, see the Software License Activation for Cisco RF Gateway 10 Line Cards document at this URL:
www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/license/rfgw_license.html
QAM Partitioning - Video
With the introduction of the Cisco RFGW-10 DS-384 line card (with 384 QAM channels), the capacity of a fully-loaded Cisco RF Gateway 10 (with 10 line cards) is now 3840 QAM channels and 160 Gbps throughput. To cater to the increased capacity, and to use the resources of the Cisco RF Gateway 10 optimally, the Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ introduces a new tool—QAM Partition (QP).
QAM partitioning allows servers running different control plane protocols like Edge Resource Management Interface (ERMI) or Generic QAM Interface (GQI) to share the resources of the Cisco RF Gateway 10.
For more information, see the RFGW-10 Video document at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_video.html
MIBs
To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:
http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/MIBS/servlet/index
To access Cisco MIB Locator, you must have an account on Cisco.com. If you have forgotten or lost your account information, send a blank e-mail to cco-locksmith@cisco.com. An automatic check verifies that your e-mail address is registered with Cisco.com. If the check is successful, account details with a new random password is e-mailed to you. Qualified users can establish an account on Cisco.com by following the directions found at this URL:
http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do
For information about the MIBs supported by the Cisco RFGW-10 in common with Cisco IOS-XE, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 MIB Specifications Guide.
New and Changed MIB Information in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
The following MIB was updated in Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ:
CISCO-ENTITY-REDUNDANCY-MIB
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ, the Cisco RFGW-10 supports the CISCO-ENTITY-REDUNDANCY-MIB. The Cisco RFGW-10 supports this MIB for Cisco DS-384 and Cisco DS-48 line card redundancy.
Important Notes
Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
The Cisco RF Gateway 10 Supervisor Engine 7-E uplink ports are not recommended for data or management traffic in Supervisor Redundancy Mode.
The Supervisor 7-E card has four uplink ports on its front panel. Only the top two ports are active in redundancy mode. However, in redundancy mode, packet loss occurs in the traffic paths between the uplink ports on the standby Supervisor card and the switch fabric on the active Supervisor card. There is no packet loss for uplink ports on active supervisors.
The uplink ports on the Cisco RFGW-10 DS-384 and the Cisco RFGW-10 DS-48 line cards are recommended for data and management traffic.
Cisco DS-384 Line Card with P4080 CPU Revision 3
Effective with Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ, the Cisco RFGW-10 supports the new version of the Cisco DS-384 line card with P4080 CPU revision 3. The Version Identifier (VID) of the revised Cisco DS-384 line card is 2. Ensure that you run Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ or later releases on the Supervisor engine 7-E for using the Cisco DS-384 VID 2 line card (with P4080 CPU revision 3).
NoteIf the Supervisor engine 7-E is running a release earlier than Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ, the Cisco RFGW-10 DS-384 VID 2 line card (with P4080 CPU revision 3) does not downgrade and hence, does not work.
For more information on the Cisco DS-384 line card, see Cisco RF Gateway 10 DS-384 Line Card Hardware Installation Guide at this URL:
Cisco RF Gateway 10 Remote Provisioning Utility (RPU-10)
The Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ supports the Cisco RF Gateway 10 Remote Provisioning Utility (RPU-10). Cisco RPU-10 is a Windows-based tool to simplify the initial provisioning of multiple RF Gateway 10 units in an operator's system. The PID for ordering the Cisco RPU-10 application is RFGW-10-RPU. The Cisco RF Gateway 10 uses the Cisco RPU-10 version 1.0 for this release.
For more information, see Cisco RF Gateway 10 Remote Provisioning Utility User Guide at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/user/guide/RPU10/rpu10_ug.html
Limitations and Restrictions
This section lists the limitations and restrictions for the Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ train on the Cisco RFGW-10:
- Online insertion and removal (OIR) of active Supervisor card is not supported. You must force switchover to the standby Supervisor card before removing the active card.
- The following is the limitation for ERMI:
- Only 48 TSIDs are supported on one Service Group (SG).
- Use the ASI port in maintenance window only.
- Policing cannot be applied to bitrate for streams and the session reserved bitrate.
- The start-frequency of pilot QAM port and replicate QAM port should not be different.
- Before a QAM Replication Group (QRG) is configured, the LCRED must be configured.
- Some of the below system commands for querying CPU and Memory should not be executed continuously for better operation and performance
- After a QRG is configured, no other configuration changes are supported on replicate QAM except below:
– default (except remote learn QAMs)
– default (except remote learn QAMs)
- The RF parameters of an RF profile being used in a QRG cannot be modified.
- These are the QAM limitations in the Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3SQ:
- 384 total—pilot plus replicated
- 256 video—clear plus PowerKey encrypted
- 192 PowerKey encrypted video
- 128 DEPI (This limitation is applicable only for Release Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ.)
– Annex A or mix of Annex A and B/C
- 288 total—pilot plus replicated
- 192 video—clear plus PowerKey encrypted
- 144 PowerKey encrypted video
- 96 DEPI (This limitation is applicable only for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ.)
- 144 Annex-A QAMs per load balancing group (LBG)
- Effective from Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ, the following are the session limitations on each DS384 line card:
Software and Features
The Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ supports a total of 384 QAMs per line card. The following software updates are supported in the Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ:
- Complete 384 QAM support.
- 192 Encrypted QAM support.
- Video support on RFGW10- DS-384 LC:
- QAM Partition
- Load Balance Group
- Video control plane protocols
- Clear and Powerkey encrypted video sessions (VOD & SDV)
- Mixed mode support
- QAM Replication Group (QRG)
- RF Span licensing
- Powerkey Encryption licensing
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 Remote Provisioning Utility (RPU-10)
Accessing Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI via HTTP
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) is supported on a FastEthernet interface.
Old Behaviour : The Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI was not accessible via HTTP when VRF is configured on FastEthernet interface.
New Behaviou r: The Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI is accessible via HTTP when VRF is configured on FastEthernet interface.
Additional Information : For more information, see the Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI User Guide at the following URL.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/cable/rf_gateway/feature/guide/rfgw10_gui.html
Caveats
This chapter describes open and resolved severity 1 and 2 caveats and select severity 3 caveats:
- The “Open Caveats” sections list open caveats that apply to the current release and may apply to previous releases. A caveat that is open for a prior release and is still unresolved applies to all future releases until it is resolved.
- The “Resolved Caveats” sections list caveats resolved in a specific release, but open in previous releases.
Cisco Bug Search
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Open Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
Resolved Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.1SQ
Open Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
Resolved Caveats for Cisco IOS-XE Release 3.3.0SQ
Related Documentation
These documents are available for the Cisco RFGW-10 platform on Cisco.com:
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 Hardware Installation Guide
- Configuring the Cisco RFGW-10 DS-384 Line Card
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 Command Reference
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 GUI
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 Software Feature and Configuration Guide
- Software License Activation for Cisco RF Gateway 10 Line Cards
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 MIB Specification Guide
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 Quick Start Guide
- Release Notes for Cisco RF Gateway 10
- Cisco RF Gateway 10 Remote Provisioning Utility User Guide
Documentation Modules
Each module in the Cisco IOS documentation set consists of more than one hardware installation guides, configuration guides, and command references. Hardware Installation Guides describe the hardware components and procedure to remove and install these components. Configuration guides describe protocols, configuration tasks, and Cisco IOS software functionality, and contain comprehensive configuration examples. Command reference provides complete command syntax information.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, using the Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST), submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html .
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